Mourinho’s team encounters an extraordinary Guaita on his visit to Crystal Palace (1-1)
The ‘reds’, who host the Spurs on Wednesday, do not go past 1-1 in the Fulham field
The Liverpool-Tottenham next Wednesday will start with the two teams tied at the top of the league table. Premier League, after two stumbling blocks of the sets of Jürgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho. After the Chelsea defeat and the distribution of points in the Manchester derby on Saturday, the other greats of England have not known how to take a slice against clearly inferior rivals and have left two points along the way. The Spurs are leaders with 25 points in 12 games, the same as the ‘reds’. In this Premier the points record will not be beaten.
Tottenham took victory for granted on their visit to Crystal Palace, with which he made sure to maintain the leadership, until in minute 81 Slip took advantage of a bad rejection of Lloris to tie (1-1). Mourinho’s team had advanced in the first half with a whiplash of Harry Kane from outside the area who was poisoned on his flight and misled the local goalkeeper, the Valencian Vicente Guaita. A shot to the wood at the edge of the break was a warning for the London team, who had to run in the final 10 minutes, but without success. The crossbar first and Guaita, in a spectacular flight to stop a free-kick from Animal slipping through the squad, they avoided Spurs’ second goal in the final stretch.
Mourinho defended Lloris: “He is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League.” Then he released one of his: “At halftime I have asked the players to do exactly the opposite of what they have done, but if they have not done it it will be because they have not been able to.” Gareth Bale did not enter the call, and Mourinho revealed later that the Welshman does not suffer an injury: “He’s sick, but of course it’s not covidNot even one of those flu that leaves you in bed for a week. I think it will be fine by Wednesday. “
Liverpool’s late reaction
He did not know yet ‘Mou’ that he would travel to Anfield as a leader. Liverpool woke up late and left two points in Craven Cottage. And thanks. Bobby Reid He overtook Fulham at half an hour, just a reward for a first half in which he was superior to his rival. Liverpool protested a foul prior to Salah that the VAR denied, to Klopp’s anger: “It doesn’t matter how strong the foul was, but the advantage obtained. It is with both hands, it is not a hard foul, but it does take advantage. And has the referee defined it as normal contact? I don’t know what Lee Mason will do at home, but in soccer, he’s not a normal contact“.
In the second half, Liverpool took over, but had more possession than danger and found the goal almost by chance, in a penalty by the hands of Chamber on the barrier of a foul. Mohamed Salah scored the 1-1 with a strong, low and centered shot that Areola he was about to save. The ‘reds’ attempted one of the house’s specialty epic comebacks, but the 2.000 aficionados from Fulham in the stands pushed their team (and an inspired Areola) to defend the point.
One of the great beneficiaries of the day was the Southampton, who took advantage of the defeat of Chelsea on Saturday in the field of Everton (1-0) to overtake him and sneak into Champions League positions. Ronald Koeman’s former team thrashed a Sheffield United in free fall (3-0). Che Adams put the ‘Saints’ ahead in a blunder by the Sheffield defense and Stuart Armstrong and Nathan Redmond they finished the job in the second half. Southampton are just two points behind the leaders.
Leicester grows and Arsenal sinks
Also in Champions positions sleeps the Leicester, who has thrashed in his field at Brighton (3-0). Two so many of Maddison and one of Vardy they put the Foxes in third place, one point out of the lead.
The one who does not raise his head is the Arsenal, defeated this Sunday by the Burnley in the Emirates with a bit of Aubameyang on own doorstep when defending a corner. The ‘Gunners’, who have added one point out of the last 15 possible, occupy the 15th place, closer to relegation than Europe.
This is the head of the Premier:
1. Tottenham 25
2. Liverpool 25
3. Leicester 24
4. Southampton 23
5. Chelsea 22
6. West Ham 20
7. Everton 20
8. Manchester United 20 (one game less)
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9. Manchester City 19 (one game less)
10. Aston Villa 18 (two games less)
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